DISCLAIMER: war is never “over”, whether or not you “want” it

(via Kevin Drum)
“According to Fischer, the foundation of American culture was formed from four mass emigrations from four different regions of Britain b[…]

Happy Irony Day!
I think every British kid growing up is only dimly aware that Guy Fawkes is the baddie in his story. On the one hand there’s the burning in effigy thing. On the other, there’s the fact that we commemorate a failure to blo[…]

Bad film alert!!! – heartwarming story of rockers fighting the forces of ageism. I’d be more sympathetic if The Alarm had thumbed its nose at the record industry by releasing a – gasp! – good record.[…]

TRUTH STILL VALIANTLY STRUGGLIN TO GET BOOTS ON:
“Despite long lines and registration snafus, voters under age 30 clocked the highest turnout percentage since 1972. The good news is that America’s young people are more engaged in politic[…]

My Sick Obsession
…with Band Aid III continues apace – yesterday I was seriously considering setting up a special blog for news of the single. This despite the unavoidable fact that the record will be rubbish. Not because “Do They K[…]

Grabtastic
One can’t really add much to the information on the screen…

Okay, my conscience won’t allow this to go without a little context.
The breaking news strap actually applied to the Palestinian/French denial that Yasser Araf[…]

‘The applause of the French in Cannes for Michael Moore’s 9/11 was the sound of the cement drying over the corpse of Kerry’s chances of carrying the Midwest.’ — Counterpunch.
But Counterpunch also says that the dread sce[…]

END-TIMES WATCH : xtian attempts to convert lions[…]

THAT OVERWHELMING MANDATE IN VISUAL FORM
(via pandagon)[…]

What if? There are not enough “what if’s” in modern cinema. Sure there are plenty of “what if we put Kate Hudson in a rom com” questions being asked but the answers are so obvious they do not need to be tested*. Rather I[…]